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After the Royals finished in second place in 1979, Herzog was fired and replaced by Jim Frey.

Under Frey, the Royals rebounded in 1980 and advanced to the ALCS, where they again faced the Yankees.

The Royals vanquished the Yankees in a three-game sweep punctuated by a George Brett home run off of Yankees ' star relief pitcher Goose Gossage.

After reaching their first World Series, the Royals fell to the Philadelphia Phillies in six games.